On September 25, 2000, it was announced that a man employed
at Bioport, the sole-source contractor that manufactures
the millions of doses of anthrax vaccine, died from the
disease. The Pentagon's response: Continue vaccinating
military personnel until the vaccine is proven unsafe.

On September 28, 2000, Thomas Williams of The Hartford
Courant reported that, Trace amounts of the additive
squalene have been found in the anthrax vaccine used to
protect U.S. service members from the biological warfare
agent, federal [FDA] officials have found.

Though the Pentagon has repeatedly asserted that squalene
is not a component of the anthrax vaccine, the entire
squalene controversy may just be a diversion from the real
toxic components of the vaccine. We believe the
admission that squalene was found to be present in the
anthrax vaccine is a red herring to cover an entire menu of
much more serious toxins contained in the vaccine and which
have contributed to hundreds of thousands of military
personnel contracting what we now call Gulf War
Illness, said vaccine researcher Dr. Len Horowitz.

Squalene is a product derived from shark liver oil that is
being studied for its anticancer properties and its ability
to help metabolize cholesterol.

It is what we are not being told about anthrax vaccine that
should be of concern to the people of this country.

The FDA, apparently doing its part to fan the squalene
smoke screen, said its results were based on five lots of
anthrax vaccine tested. Curiously, the FDA report did not
clearly state whether or not the vaccine tested to contain
squalene were found in lots used to inoculate military
personnel during the Gulf War. The report also did not
specify whether or not the squalene-containing vaccine has
been used to inoculate troops since the Pentagon began its
mandatory anthrax vaccination program in 1998.

Congress became publicly concerned over several aspects of
the mandatory anthrax vaccination program last fall.
Congress was presented with evidence that conflicts of
interest between Bioport and the high ranking military
brass existed and there was no evidence to indicate that
the expensive series of six vaccinations would protect
soldiers from air borne anthrax exposure. Congress was also
presented with compelling evidence that the mandatory
anthrax vaccination program is tantamount to medical
experimentation using service personnel as guinea pigs.
Congress was shown that notable percentages of vaccine
recipients suffer immediate complications. Congress was
shown no studies which prove that the anthrax vaccine does
not contribute to long term physical and psychological
damage.

While the Pentagon and the dominant media preoccupy the
minds of Americans with the inane squalene controversy, a
Bioport employee is dead, hundreds of thousands of American
service personnel are sick, dying or have already died from
the mysterious Gulf War Illness. Yet the (mandatory)
anthrax vaccination program continues until it can be
proven that the vaccine is dangerous or
ineffective.